Synchronized communications sytem



Oct. 15, 1968 J. F. LYONS Filed July 18, 1966 FIG. I

SYSTEM TIMING 20 Sheets Sheet 1 FOR SYNCHRON IZATION START PULSE B I I I m POSITION No. I 2 s 4 5 s 7, 20020I H 548 1 200 54? I TIME, SECONDS 548548 m I; RX sTATIoN x "I T q ITRANsNIIT) I Ry sTATIoN Y W b (TRANSMIT) 1 R STATION x H H c (RECEIVE) I 1x RX sTATIoN Y H d (REcEIvE) STATION x MEASURES 20 o sTATIoN Y o MEASURES 20 f to t Z2 SYNCHRONIZATION aETwEEN TWO sTATIoNs (IN SYNC. CONDITION) INVENTOR.

TAMES F LY04 5 ATTOR NEYS Oct. 15, 1968 Filed July 18, 1966 FIG. 3

Sheets-Sheet 2 SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN TWO STATIONS OUT-OF-SYNC. CONDITION Ix RX sTATIoN x H q (TRANSMIT) II y STATION Y H b '(TRANSMlT) 1 R STATION x H 1 c (REcEIvE) IX RX STATION Y T l d (RECEIVE) STATION x B 7 MEAsuREs 2o e STATION Y 20 f MEAsuREs o o I At 2 T0 INTERROGATION INTERROGATION PULSE GATE INTERROGATION PHASE PULSE I OSCLLATOR SHIFITER1 GENERATOR AND TRANSMITTER I I4 II I I0 I REPLY (R) PULSE K IN 3 ERPY RPY FIG 4 2 Q QS RPY INT INTERRo- 5 GATION (I) PULSE INT INT INVENTOR. TAMES 1-? AVflA/S wig/WW5 ATTORNEYS Oct. 15, 1968 Filed July 18, 1966 J. F. LYONS 3,406,394

SYNCHRON I ZED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM 20 Sheets-Sheet 5 S= NUMBER OF COMPARISONS REQUIRED TO REACH SYNCHRONIZATION IOOO I 2 4 8 I0 I00 IOOO I0,000 |O0,000

5 +-STATION Y STATION 2 s m X FIRST INTERVAL SECOND INTERVAL -l g x2 STATION X TRANSMITS O Ig X-I EB STATION Y b RECEIVES Ewe STATION Y [I c TRANSMITS f flB STATIGJ Z d RECEIVES 5H STATION Z [1 e TRANSMITS FIG. 6

INVENTOR. J34 Ml; E Lyon/J ATTORNEYS Oct. 15, 1968 J. F. LYONS 3,406,394

SYNCHRONIZED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Filed July 18, 1966 20 Sheets-Sheet 4 STATION Y STATION 2' -I-' 6 f1arrS )nIII.IlII|IHIIIIIIIl STATION 2 b (TRANSMlTS) STATION X (RECEIVES) STATION 2 (RECEIVES) n n d IY f" I I I LL I l I I I l l I I l l I o (TRANSMITS) 5 12 I5 STATION 2 i I l (TRANSMITS) b sTATIoN Y n n c (RECEIVES) STATIQN Z (RECEIVES) FIe.7c

STATION x I I (TRANsMITs) 5 sTATIoN Y H b (TRANSMITS) 1 RZY EII NQPITSI I U l 1 2 Yz RZY IEEI ST w d VE I z zxr RXY STATIONZ r1 ['1 n n k (REcEIv s) INVENTOR. TAM E5 ELVO/l/S ATTOR N EYS Oct. 15, 1968 J. F. LYONS SYNCHRONIZED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Filed July 18, 1966 FIG. 8

2O Sheets-Sheet 5 SYSTEM TIMING DURING DATA TRANSMISSION PERIOD BASE MC BASE STATION A STATION B-l I l POSITIONZ #3 IME 07 M V i I,

440 MOSECONDS RANGE o 425 850 MILES I48 I I TRANSMITTER SWITCH RECEIVER I40 I34 I50 I I I DOAJTA PULSE SYSTEM GENERATORS TIMING DECODERS I36 I30 I32 I N I SYNCHRONIZIQD S/YNCHRONIZIING T GA ES OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS BO PULSE I o PULSE POSITIONS I I I I I I I I I b PHANTASTRON II c OUTPUT POSITION PULSE I d A OR a PULSE I e GATE OUTPUT II f J INVENTOR. JAMES FLVO/VS ATTORNEYS Oct. 15, 1968 J. F. LYONS 3,406,394

SYNCHRONIZED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Filed July 18, 1966 20 Sheets-Sheet 6 8 v (N N E wiwimw. 1L 2 E Oct. 15, 1968 J. F. LYONS 3,406,394

SYNCHRONIZED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Filed July 18, 1966 20 Sheets-Sheet 9 FIG. 13A

SYNCHRONIZED POSITION FOR RECEIPT OF OTHER OWN I PULSE REcEIvEO OwN INTERR REPLY INTERR. POsITION PULSE POSITION A ERROR T .4 I T E r I POSITION POSITION ECEIVED t 2OI.. OTHER 2o2........

INTERR. PULSE SUBTRACT O'OiIiI COUNT SUBTRACT COUNT (FREQUENCY OF TIMING PULSES QUADRUPLED) COUNT K 2 IN SYNC. cOuNTER CORRECT PULSE 3 cORRE TED owN INTER PosITION ,No TIMING PuI sEs OwN TO PosITIoN INTERR. COUNTER 220 A POSITION CORRECTED 4 PosrrIoNs I t SYNCHRONIZATION LEAD CASE INVENTOR.

TAMEJ FLYon/S BY ,M JM

ATTORNEYS Oct. 15, 1968 J LYONS 3,406,394

SYNCHRON I ZED COMMUN I CAT IONS SYSTEM Filed July 18, 1966 20 Sheets-Sheet 10 FIG. 13B

SYNCHRONIZED POSITION FOR RECEIPT OF OTHER I PULSE OWN RECEIVED OWN INTERR. REPLY INTERR. POSITION r PULSE r r POSITION I T 5L T H l l We? INTERR. PULSE SUBTRACT INCREASB COUNT couur ZERO COUNT IN CROSSING 2 co u II T R /-ADD COUNT 20o mwzts QUADRUPLEO) t CORRECT 3 PULSE t DOUBLE FREQ. N 'NTERR TIMING PULSES QQEEQ AQ MPOSTION T0 POSITION A COUNTER 220 E CORRECTED 4 POSITIONS SYNCHRONIZATION LAG CASE INVENTOR. 7/! M55 F L Yon 6 BY pm aw ATTORNEYS Filed July 18, 1966 J. F. LYONS FIG. 16

SYNCHRONI ZED COMMUNI CATIONS SYSTEM 20 Sheets-Sheet l5 T CLEAR CLEAR PULSE l 270 276 272 BISTABLE AND BISTABLE DELAY pup- P GATE FLIP-FLOP 274 DUMP VOLTAGE REPLY DUMP CIRCUIT PULSE A/c POSITION GATE PULSE Ao 288 BASE STATION GATE POSITION PULSE 30 INFOISYNC. lNFO- SYNC. INVERTER COUNTER 290 279 DELAY L I '1 POSITION l l PULSES "'1 FROM l COUNTER 220 (FIG l4) I AND GATE DELAY GATE sTART POSITION PULSE PULSE POSITION SELECTOR FOR B,A ANDG PULSES (T0 FIG. 23)

INVENTOR. TAM E6 FLIONS ATTORNEYS Oct. 15, 1968 J. F. LYONS 3,406,394

SYNCHRONIZED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Filed July 18, 1966 20 Sheets-Sheet l4 "OWN" INTERROGATION POSITION PULSE SELECTOR IIWN ll INTERROGATION POSITION Poslajgtglieif'suhsgaa) PULSES FROM GATE GATE COUNTER 220 W 307 l W A FROM 292 i BLOCKING RAN DO (He OSCILLATOR PERIOO 308 309 I B (FRQM 486 OF FIG.24)B L E TO THRESHOLD 3l0 COUNTER ANALOG I BARESET) NOISE GENERATOR 305 FROM 287OF 320 FIG. I?) REGEI VE O f 328 DECODED CLOSE START PULSES AND AND B T GATE GATE FLlP- FLOP GATE 2|2 I AND RESET COUNTER 22o IINFO| Yud| FIG. l4)

FROM 292 (FIG. I?) 32 RESET I ,322 324 DIFF. BISTABLE E AND d/di FLIP-FLOP GATE START PULSE COARSE SYNCHRONIZATION CORRECT PULSE FROM 209(FIG. I4) m 400 CPS zRO cROss (FROM FLIP-FLOP 225 FIG I4) 356 FREQUENCY CORRECTION v LTAGE MASTER TIMING OSCILLATOR INVENTOR. FREQUENCY CONTROL (IA/455 ELYOIVS BY ag mm ATTORNEYS Oct. 15, 1968 J. F. LYONS 3,406,394

SYNCHRON I ZED COMMUN I CAT IONS SYSTEM Filed July 18, 1966 20 Sheets-Sheet 18 TR RECEIVING AANN'I'SEMJEING ANTENNA .FROM PULSE CODER (FIG. 23)

7 r "VARACTOR SWITCH W fiat-k MODULATOR v LOCAL Om MIXER I cat w osc. AVG.

522 TIME |/5l4 S615 VARIABLE [3 GEN. 52o T 5l6 VIDEO AMP RECEIVER TRANSMITTER 1 TO VIDEO DECODER (FIG. 24)

INVENTOR.

TAM e15 F. Lyon/5 ATTOR NEYS Oct. 15, 1968 J. F. LYONS 3,406,394

SYNCHRONIZED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Filed July 18, 1966 20 SheetsSheet 19 Era. 2615 sea REGISTER (L58) 2 [0 CRYSTAL cLocx V a V 50 ams; N TRANSFER GATE 24 aco REGISTER (xuo) TRANSFER GATE S 2 sec REGISTER (xno') JN-ZCOO l-DOOM!) TRANSFER GATE B00 REGISTER (x10 4 ALTITUDE TRANSFER GATE DATA 022mg: 5 IDENTITY DATA 2 0 2| 2 2 6'0:

0 ER 860 REGISTERUASB) VIDEO INPUT TRANSFER an:

INVENTOR. TA MES F L Yo/VJ ATTORNEYS 

